With new COVID-19 cases, five area towns in state’s highest-risk category
As of Thursday, statistics from the state Department of Public Health show 351 new COVID-19 cases in Franklin County over a two-week period. Courtesy graphic/Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts
Modified: 12/18/2020 4:43:10 PM
Five area towns are in the state’s “red,” or highest-risk, category this week because of a surge in numbers of positive COVID-19 cases, according to the state Department of Public Health’s weekly report.
Greenfield, Montague, Deerfield and Orange in Franklin County and Athol in Worcester County saw numbers of cases rise over the past two weeks. The Department of Public Health reports that Greenfield has 134 cases, Montague has 46, Deerfield has 36, Orange has 26 and Athol has 78. There are currently only three local towns reporting zero cases: Hawley, Monroe and New Salem.
Three COVID-19-related deaths reported in one area nursing home
Quabbin Valley Healthcare at 821 Daniel Shays Highway in Athol had reported three COVID-19-related deaths as of Monday afternoon. Staff File Photo/Dan Little
Modified: 12/15/2020 4:28:27 PM
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Positive COVID-19 cases in two nursing homes Charlene Manor Extended Care in Greenfield and Quabbin Valley Healthcare in Athol continue to soar, and three COVID-19-related deaths were reported in the Athol facility Monday afternoon.
Quabbin Valley Healthcare reported eight residents and three staff members had tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 8, but by Monday those numbers had increased to 23 residents and 19 staff members. Three COVID-19-related deaths were reported as of 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
Three COVID-19-related deaths reported in one area nursing home
Quabbin Valley Healthcare at 821 Daniel Shays Highway in Athol had reported three COVID-19-related deaths as of Monday afternoon. Staff File Photo/Dan Little
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Positive COVID-19 cases in two nursing homes Charlene Manor Extended Care in Greenfield and Quabbin Valley Healthcare in Athol continue to soar, and three COVID-19-related deaths were reported in the Athol facility Monday afternoon.
Quabbin Valley Healthcare reported eight residents and three staff members had tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 8, but by Monday those numbers had increased to 23 residents and 19 staff members. Three COVID-19-related deaths were reported as of 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
Second COVID-19 surge hits local nursing homes
Charlene Manor Extended Care in Greenfield, like other nursing homes in the area, has returned to scheduled window visits only since another COVID-19 surge has hit Franklin County and the North Quabbin region. STAFF FILE PHOTO
Quabbin Valley Healthcare at 821 Daniel Shays Highway in Athol has eight residents and three staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19. Staff File Photo/Dan Little
Buckley HealthCare Center on Laurel Street in Greenfield. A spokesperson said the nursing home currently doesn’t have any cases of COVID-19. STAFF FILE PHOTO/DAN LITTLE
Published: 12/9/2020 4:43:28 PM
Quabbin Valley Healthcare Assistant Administrator Michael Kachadoorian said early measures to combat COVID-19 when it arrived in March paid off for the nursing home on Daniel Shays Highway in Athol, but it hasn’t been so lucky this time around.